Everything posted by Diamond_Jim
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ROUND 19 - Non MFC games
sorry might be another team but in any event the thought of the Bombers making the finals like last year and we don't is not good for my psyche
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ROUND 19 - Non MFC games
nah.... Essendon has an easy run home and we need to stop that momentum
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ROUND 19 - Non MFC games
Buddy has next year at most by the looks of things
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ROUND 19 - Non MFC games
2 goals in 40 seconds before half time...... and I thought we were bad. And before it happened Bruce said ... the Swans know exactly how much time to ?go
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Mark Neeld
Shows the problems of appointing an untried coach. We were his lab experiment. Hopefully the current coach doesn't repeat the exercise
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THE ROAR MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
Spartacus was Thracian.... a complex area in today's political system akin to drafting a full forward from New Zealand
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THE ROAR MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
yeah a little linear in his approach to the game. Mind you when he got together with Archimedes on the wing the game really flowed. Certainly never sank in my opinion.
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MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 19
unfortunately while our VFL team may be a winning combination at VFL level it has been a relative failure in the area of skill improvement for its members. Other than Weideman in respect of whom the jury is still well out and our two additions this year in Petty and Baker(too early) hard to pick a player other than Stretch who has genuinely put up his hand for a spot. JKH's form improvement in the VFL was only recent. Five or six weeks back you can read the posts about him going through the motions. Would like to see much more emphasis next year on skill improvement even if it comes at the expense of losing a few games. The days of rejoicing at a win in the reserves are well and truly gone albeit on a nice day there is nothing more enjoyable than going to an old suburban stadium with your comfortable chair.
- MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 19
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Run home to Finals - 2018
so we win 4 out of 5....as the great man Kerrigan said..... "Tell em they're dreaming"
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Run home to Finals - 2018
think they will win three of those... Essendon, Hawthorn and one other
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The 2019 fixture
you can't blame Richmond .. everyone wants to play them at the MCG.... funny that's what Collingwood always used to say ?
- MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 19
- MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 19
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Is this the end of the VFL
crowd numbers as a percentage of population are trending down year on year. Revenues go up to some extent because of greater corporate revenues and ticket price increases. Of course the bulk of the revenue comes from the media deals. A sustained corporate downturn such we saw post 1988 would seriously challenge today's AFL revenue model.
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Run home to Finals - 2018
Hard to see where the three wins are going to come from. Gifts like Geelong gave us in the third quarter don't often repeat themselves. Combine that with our repeated failure against the better teams and MFCSS rules. I have the complete opposite feeling to last year when at this time I thought finals a relative certainty. Who knows
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THE ROAR MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
I think he played half forward for Athens against Sparta ?
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Is this the end of the VFL
Agree Earl As I said in my OP I found the mix of topics strange indeed. I think the VFL is a good program although it has a few obvious weaknesses.The obvious concern with it is how the non aligned clubs will survive longer term both from a competitive and financial viewpoint. Then there is the cost of maintaining facilities at places like Coburg, Box Hill etc
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Congrats Jordan Lewis on 300 games
Scott Thompson of the Crows 308 games.. 39 with Melbourne and as you mention Neitz. It's a very select list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_players_to_have_played_300_games
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Is this the end of the VFL
the argument seems to be that the game is "overcoached" and players are not performing to their natural best
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Is this the end of the VFL
Strange article in the Age about the AFL considering: 1. Increasing the draft age by 6 months (sounds sensible I think) 2. Decreasing the number of coaches 3. Decreasing the number of players on a club's list. Why I say it is strange is that it reads like they want development to occur outside the AFL system and a natural affect of decreasing list size is that the clubs would not be able to field a reserves side. The concepts are muddled but need to be discussed. "The AFL is considering changes to the draft age and cutting the number of players and coaches at clubs as part of an overhaul of football departments. The number of coaches at clubs or the number permitted to work at games on match day could also be cut as part of the changes being discussed. The option to increase the draft age by six months and to trim the number of players on club lists to a number yet to be determined are among options being canvassed by the AFL as a way of overhauling club lists." "The argument for cutting lists sizes isthat with fewer players on a list you require fewer coaches at clubs and that it is the least talented players that take up most of the time of development coaches at AFL level." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-considers-cutting-number-of-players-coaches-at-clubs-20180725-p4ztgg.html
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Chris Judd in the Age
Last year we had significant long term injuries and just missed the 8. This year Lever and Viney aside we have been relatively injury free to key players. For that reason alone standing still, let alone improving should have seen us make the 8 this year with relative ease.
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Congrats Jordan Lewis on 300 games
okay not home grown but it is a real milestone and we should be proud that it is occurring while at our club. For those who question his worth my comment re Jordan and Vince all year has been that their spots are there for the taking by any member of the VFL side. Congratulations on joining a very exclusive club.
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Chris Judd in the Age
I think this needs to be posted in neon lights when assessing Goodwin and his team.
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Chris Judd in the Age
game plan perhaps?